Family tree Kaper » Jan de Vries (1840-????)
Personal data Jan de Vries
- He was born on October 12, 1840 in Beerta, GR, NLD.
- Occupations:
- on June 15, 1870 brievenbesteller.
- on January 24, 1872 brievenbesteller.
- on January 22, 1874 brievenbesteller.
- on February 29, 1876 brievenbesteller.
- on October 5, 1878 brievenbesteller.
- on March 13, 1882 brievenbesteller.
- on August 10, 1892 brievenbesteller.
- on November 30, 1899 brievenbesteller.
- on January 9, 1902 brievenbesteller.
- (Reference Number) .
- A child of Pieter de Vries and Geessien Timmer
Household of Jan de Vries
He is married to Andréa van Loo.
They got married on June 15, 1870 at Winschoten, GR, NLD, he was 29 years old.
Child(ren):
- Gezina de Vries 1878-1949
- Jan de Vries 1882-1892
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Historical events
Birthday October 12, 1840
- The temperature on October 12, 1840 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- In the year 1840: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
- January 13 » The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
- February 6 » Signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, establishing New Zealand as a British colony.
- February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- May 20 » York Minster is badly damaged by fire.
- July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.
- October 7 » Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
Day of marriage June 15, 1870
- The temperature on June 15, 1870 was about 27.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. Source: KNMI
- Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
- In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
- January 15 » A political cartoon for the first time symbolizes the Democratic Party with a donkey ("A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" by Thomas Nast for Harper's Weekly).
- February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
- April 13 » The New York City Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded.
- August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
- August 18 » Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Gravelotte is fought.
- September 3 » Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.
Same birth/death day
- 1815 » William J. Hardee, American general († 1873)
- 1838 » George Thorn, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Queensland († 1905)
- 1840 » Helena Modjeska, Polish-American actress († 1909)
- 1855 » Arthur Nikisch, Hungarian conductor and academic († 1922)
- 1860 » Elmer Ambrose Sperry, American engineer and businessman, co-invented the gyrocompass († 1930)
- 1864 » Kamini Roy, British India's first female graduate, Bengali poet, social activist, and feminist writer († 1933)
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Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I1844.php : accessed February 18, 2026), "Jan de Vries (1840-????)".
Jan Kaper, "Family tree Kaper", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/stamboom-kaper/I1844.php : accessed February 18, 2026), "Jan de Vries (1840-????)".